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YOL. XVI.
PROFESSIONAL CARD3.
JR. J. E. STRONG,
Homceopathist,
129 Commercial Ave., Cairo, 111.
V1POB, IL1CTRO-YAPOR aud KsDICaTKD
BATHS
' administered daily.
A .adr la attendance.
CONSULTATION FREE.
Q.EOROE HARRISON LEECH, M. D.
1'liiSIUIAN & SURGEON,
Special attention paid to the Homeopathic tre&tr-
V fcn3 'i uMnaaei, ma aiseaset ol won.en
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office, Ca'ro, 111.
street, opposite the Post-
J1 M. UARRELL, M. D.
OrriCE-Kest Bide Commercial, below 8th 8t.
Cairo. Illinois.
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R. E W. WHITLOCK.
Dental Surgeon.
Urncs No. 138 Commercial
fbtb and Ninth Street
A Ten a a, between.
J 0. PARSONS, M. 0.,
OCULIST AND AURIST.
OFPICK-Cltjr Drug 8tore. Carbondale. 111.
BANKS.
ffOEClTY NATIONAL BANK.
Of Cairo. Illinois.
71 OHIO LEVEE.
CAPITAL, iff 100.000!
A General Banking Business
Conducted.
THO.S, W. II AI.Mli.VV
Caiitiit-r.
ENTERPRISE SAVING BANK.
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EXCLUSIVELY A SAVINGS BAAK.
TH08. W.IIALLIUAY,
. Treasurer.
ALEXANDER COUNTY
(!mmercial Ayenue and Eighth Street
CAIUO.IL.LS.
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8th St., bet. Ohio Levee A Commercial Are.
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BepairlDtr neatly done at short notice.
CAIRO STAR LAUNDRY.
I wonld reipectfollr annonnce to the cltlieneof
Cairo that I hare opened end era cerrt tni on
rt eleai laindrr In therear of Winter's Block,
on Seventh etfeet, where em prepered to do ell
CMnde of work In my line in t inperipr and work
neoehip etyle, defyinK competition and at reason
able flgnree. All woik gnaranteed, and prompt
payment If any goode eie loit.
, MART BENNBLY.
N. B. Intrance to laandry, throagh 'he prlvatf
ntraace to Wlnter'a Block. T 84 8m
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Mrs. Emily Bowers,
Banner
Itre. AM AM OA CLARK80N, Agent.
DAILY
TEST YOUR BAILM POWDER T0-DA11
BrandaadTerttaedaa absolutely pare
COIfTAIW AMMOWIA.
THE TEST I
f.Jntopdownon ootatote anUlheatad.thaa
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VUmX to deuut Um yrwwtM of ammonia.
DOES SOT COSTAIX AMMONIA,
m HtiXTHrruus hi NtVER icti (jiitnoKiB.
In a million home for a quarter of a can tun It bu
atoed Uia eonaumara' raUabla teat,
THE TESTJFJHE OVEN.
PRICE BAKING POWDER CO.,
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Er. Price's Special Flayoring Eitracts,
atraafaai.MatealMauaaaaataralSawrWan.a.e
Dr. Prici's Lupulin Yeast Gins
Fer Light, Healthy nmul, The Beat Dry Hod
Yeaat U the World.
FOR
CHICACO.
SALE BY
GROCERS.
ST. LOUIew
0. AV. HENDERSON,
No. 191Commerdal Ave.,
t8oIe Afentfoi the Celebrate,'.
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and EANGES.
Ifanafactnrer and Dealer In
Tin, Copper and Slid Iron Work.
HEADQUARTERS FOR
Bolldire' Hardware and Cerpentori' TaoU.Tab'e
and Pocket Cutlery, bet In the raaret. R,nere
proa, riaxea jb.oivee, Iforke aim Sooona, liraiute
Iron Ware. Berlin Sarthenware. Whit- Mnnni.i.
Preesera, Wuer Cool ore, Rafrieratora, Clothta
Wrlnrere. Crown Plater. 8tp Ladd?-i. Garden
Implemente, Boldea btarOil 8tOTes- beat In the
world. LamDe of ererr dtafrlitlnn Klin on.
C'arpt-t 8weepere, ftather Uaaters, Broome. Win
dow Screen Wire Cloth. Full annt.l. ni riih;t.
Teckle.
The abote it roc bottom prlcea.
Corner 12th and Commercial Avenue, Cairo, 111.
Telephone No. 12.
LOUIS C. HERBERT,
(Successor to Cha3. T. Newland and
II. T. Gerould.)
Plumbei, Steam and Gas Fitter
Commercial Are , bet. Tenth and Ele-
venth Sts.,
OA1KO.
ILL.
Drive Well Porci and Lift Pampi furnlehed end
pat up. Ai,-ent for the Celebrated
"BUCKEYE FORCE PUMP''
he beat pnmp
erer Invented. New Gas Flxtaree
nrnlabed to order,
Old fixtures repaired and
bronzed.
tVJobbing promptly attended to.
319-tl
Henry Hasenjaeger,
Manufacturer and Dea'er In
SODA WATER.
CHAMPAIGN ciDER.
BIRCH BEER,
Sbebojgan Mineral Springs Water,
' ALWAYS OH HAND.
Milwaukee Beer in kegs and bottles, a
specialty.
Manufactory Corner 4th & Com'l
Cairo, Ills.
Manufacturer and Dealer In
PISTOLS RIFLES
8th Street, between Com'l Ave. aud Levee.
CAIRO ILLINOIS
CHOKE BORINO A SPECIALTY
ALL KINDS OP AMUNITION.
Safes Heoalred. All Rinds ol Keys Made.
"ALLIDAY BROTHERS
CAIRO, ILLINOIS,
(lommission Merchaut'
DEALERS IK
FLOUR, GRAIN AND HA1
" Poprttra
CAIRO, ILL., FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 19,
"A QUEEN'S. GRANDSON.
Blood Will Tell, Even When
Flows in the Veina of a
Slave.
The Remarkable Life and Faithful De
Totion of TJnole Anthonj Thompson,
Au Old New Jersey Negro.
Liberated in 182a, He Continued to Servi
Five Generation of His Master's
Fami'y.
Newark, N. J., September , 18. An
ttiony Thompson, the oldost and best
koovjn colored mac In Eex County,
died at bis residence in West Orange 01
Tuesday night. U was the last ot Um
old slaves of Kssex County. His great
grandmother wis the Queen ot an Afri
can tribe, aud bis grandmother, when I
young girl, was stolen by a slave-tradei
and brought to thU country. Uncle An
thony was born la liirltan, Somerset, la
1798. His
MOTHER WA9 A SLAVK
In the family of Rev. Dr. Thllllp purge,
pastor of tie Dutch Ueformed Church ai
liarltan. The Dominie sold Anthony and
bis mother to one David Slil, and a yeai
later they became the property ol Samuel
Ward, of Cranetown, now Mont Cialr.
They lived wittrWard until the' latter'i
death, In 1822. Ward's son Will ftave
Aattiony bis freedom, but requested that
be should remain with Mrs. Ward until
ber death, which occurred la September,
18-'S. Anthony was tweuty-four years old
when he became his own master. Hli
mother became a charge
1 PON THE TOWN
and Anthony bought her for $100. lit
cared for her until her death in 1828,
when he moved to Orange aud purchased
property. He lived there until 1833, when
be purchtseil the place where he lived
until he died. Soon after going to live
In Orange he bejiau to work for Benj.
Wlliliims, of Tory Corner, and except a
few short lutorvals, he was employed
from that time by descendants of Wil.
liams during live generations of the Wil
liams iaoiliy.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
Strange Action of a N.-w Jersey
tectivVe Wife.
Uacke.nsack, N. J., September 18.
Herman J. Feltz, who declined to give
his business, but who is said to be em
ployed in a detective bureau In New York,
started lrom bis home for the train aboul
eight o'clock this morning, but before be
reached the front gate a pistol-shot rang
out on the air aud stopped him. Rush
ing back be found his wife lying on the
floor, with a revolver beside her
and blood flowing from a wound In her
left breaat. The doctor pronounced the
wound serious, if not fatal. Pelts said
his wife had been suffering from mental
aberration, and last night she insisted
that the house was beset by burglars. Thld
morning he said he hesitated about go
ing to the city, but he did not apprehend
any serious consequences. Mr. and Mrs.
I'eltz have lived here for little more than
ayear, and have been looked upon by
their neighbors as a young couple de
votedly attached to each other. Mrs.
reitzia about twenty-one yeirs old.
Ia It PoiaonP
Uniontown, Fa., September 18. An
nie Maasett, aged sixteen, second daugh
ter of the late Captain Nutt, died sud
denly last evenlag, It Is supposed of
cholera-morbus. She was taken sick
Tuesday, but was thought to be better.
While passing from one room to another
last evening she fell down aud expired in
1 few minutes. It Is reported this morn
ing that, the entire family are seriously
111, having beea attached with violent
Bpasms and vomiting. It is thought that
they have all been poisoned.
Later.
Pittsburgh, Pa., September 18.
Later reports from Uniontown conflrm
the report of the death of Annie Nutt,
trotn cholera morbus ; also stating that
the family are seriously ill from the same
sause, and not from poisoning.
CAUGHT AT LAST.
Oaptureof Jim Waaeon, the Notorious
Murderer.
Mi'skogke, I. T., September 18. Jim
Wasson, the "notorious murderer was
captured hero yesterday. An Indian rec
ognteod Wasson Tuesday evening as he
was riding near town. The bherlff, with
1 poase of cow-boys, ' started in pursuit
ind overtook the murderer, and one of
the cow-boys got the drop on Wasson
just as ho was bringing his rifle to his
ihoulder. Wasson is held awaiting the
irrlval ot officers from Colbert, where ho
recently killed Almarine Watkins Mrs
Watklns offered l,000 reward for the
EUrf.e, F!P or allve' WattlM was
the fifth victim of Wasson's unerring
lira. He will probably be lynched on his
irrlval at Colbert. .
Death of a Patron of Greek
enoo.
Independ-
New Orleans, La., September 18.
Henry Frellsen an old merchant of this
tit? and for fortyvyears consul of pen
nark In this city, died yesterday. He
lias more than eighty-four years old;
Iras a native of Copenhagen and born of
wealthy parents. Early In Ufa he
Hpoiued the cause of Greek lndepend.
Mice, arming and supplying a ship for the
ise of the natives. He was early thrown
Into the social circle with Lord Byron
tod retained his Intimacy up to the hoar
rf tne death of the poet. He exhibited
Kith pride autograph letters addressed
to him by Byron. He was twice married
ind lelt a numerous progeny aud consld
irable wealth.
IT WAS ONLY A DREAM.
But It Ooat the Life of Pred Del Truro-.
WaftKUMO, W. Va., September 18.
Fred Del Trugge, a saddler, aged thirty.
Ive, plunged a knife Into bis breast
twenty-five times last night with fatal
results. For two daya be bad been on a
tpree, and last night took a sleeping po-
Cairo:
a cut in his throat. Cold water was
thrown on him, and bo revived sufll
ownUy to give the cause of his act He
said ha went to sleep and dreamed that
bis sweetheart had given birth to a ne
gro baby. This so worked on bis feel
Ings that he arose and took a penknife
and went to work on himself. He will
not recover.
TILE DUELS AT DESOTO.
lUr Hepoita Put a New Phase on a
Bloody Affair.
Da Soto, Mo., September 18. James
Evans, of the extra gang working on the
Iron Mountain Hoad, was discharged by
the foreman, Matt Qulnn, Tuesday, which
action Increased the badfoelliig which al
ready existed between them.
Early yesterday morcing the men met
at their boarding house, when Evans fol
lowed Qulnn out and attacked him with
a knife, cutting him la too ear. Quinn
drew his knile and the nion clinched In
mortal combat. Evans was the
stronger man, but Qulnn was the
quicker, and, while, Evans was bear
ing him to the ground he plunged his
knife Into his neck, almost severing tils
jugular and cutting a frightful gap.
Qnlun surrendered himself to the City
Marshal. Evans was takeu to the office
of Dr. Kennett, who dressed his terrible
wound, after which he was conveyed on
a stretcher to the depot and taken to the
Carondelet Hospital.
While his wouud was being attended to
Evans told the doctor that he Intended to
cut Qulnn, when the latter got the best
of blm. It is believed that he wl 1 die
from weakness caased by the terrible
hemorrhage. Quinn will have a prelim
inary examination shortly.
Frlcrht of the Moroalnla.
; Naw York, September 18. With the
evident Intention of ending the notoriety
which the Moroalnl-ScheUlng elopement
has given, the entire Moroslnl family left
their home at Yonkers for parts un
known. Their departure was taken on
board Mr. Washington Norrts' yacht,
which steamed down the river In the di
rection of this city. Mrs. Schelling vis
Ited her home shortly after their depart
ure and was greatly surprised to find the
house deserted. She returned to New
York evidently disappointed. Miss Julia
Moroslnl was seen shortly before leaving
Yonkers, and denied that she and her
brother had accompanied Mr. and Mrs.
Schelling to the depot All stories that a
reconciliation has been effected, she said,
are untrue.
The 8eo.uel of a "Bomantlo" Match.
Pittsburgh, Pa., September 18. A
sensational suicide occurred on the Bal
timore i Ohio Railroad, just east of here,
on Tuesday night Lizzie Baxter, a
daughter of wealthy parents, of Elmira,
N. Y., telegraphed them for money and,
receiving no answer, walked upon the
track just as the express train was ap
proaching aud laid her head, on the rail.
Two men nearly lost their lives trying to
pull her away. She clung to the rail and
her bead and one arm were severed, kill
ing her Instantly. She had been deserted
by her husband.
PLE UKO-PXEUMOX IA.
A Number of Cattle Die in Bates
County.
Jefverson City, Mo., September 18.
Governor Crittenden this morning re
ceived a letter from Dr. H. A. Cooper, of
Rockvllle, Bates County, -Mo., stating
that a disease which he takes to be pleu-ro-pneumonla,
or cattle plague, has
broken out among the cattle of that vi
cinity. Four cows died in three days,
and three more were sick. The diseased
cattle have all the symptons of pleuro
pneumonia. The Poron Fires Checked.
Port Huron, Mich., September 18.
The forest fires back of this city were
checked to-day .by a north wind blowing
the flames back over the burnt district,
where they died out A large amount of
fencing and wood has been burned. Al
though the fires caused some damage,
they have also done a vast amount of
good by clearing many awes of land of
underbru-ih and dead trees, which is now
tillable. No confirmatory report of build
ings burned have yet been received.
Profitable Cattle Trade.
Toronto, Oxt., September 18. A
large cattle business is springing up be
tween Ontario and Buffalo, shipments
from Ontario to the latter place being
sold at a good profit to shippers. Phila
delphia cattle dealers are here buyw
cattle for export and breeding purposes'!
They hope to raise for export a breed
that will command as good prices in the
British market as the;Canadians do.
Will Go to Jail.
Petroit, Mich., September 18. The
contempt case of Brezee aud Crittenden,
of the Evening Journal, for refusing to
yield possession of that office to the hold
ers of a majority of the stock, on an or
der of the Court, was heard la the Cir
cuit Court to-day, and at noon the Judge
said he should commit the defendants to
jail, and will this afternoon say for how
long.
Easily Reconciled.
Sing Sing, N. Y., September 18. Wil
liam B. Shryock, civil engineer, of New
York, and Miss Mary Schrooder, daugh
ter of a wealthy gentleman here, wcut
riding Tuesday, after a short acquaint
ance. Driving to Irvlngton, they were
married, and returning Informed the la
dies' pnrentt, who at first were very an
gry, but relented after talking the mattei
over. The father brought out cake and
wine and drank to the health of his new
son-in-law.
A Desperate Venture.
Baltimore, Md., September 18. Wm.
Harrison was arrested Tuesday last
on a charge of horse-stealing. Last sven
Ing as he was being taken to the scene ol
the alleged crime by constables, he eluded
them when nearing Bowie Station, and
although handcuffed, jumped from d
train running forty wiles an honr. . Tb
train was stopped and search made, but
he has not beea found np to the present
time. - "
Made Good Us Loss.
WiSRDiQToy, D. C, September 18.-
Last July a package of nous was re)
eelvefl at the Treasury lrom New Orleani
which was fouad to be four thousand1
sollars short that amount hvl-hiL
B CJLLETM.
1881
A KICK AT EAGAN.
Members of the Irish National
League Withdraw Pending
His Resignation.
An Appeal Sullivan's Answer New
Jersey State Convention of the Na
tional Party Democratio Bally.
New Orleans Graenbacker Who Can't
Go Ben Maine Election
Returns.
A Kick at Eagan.
Dks Moinks, Ia., Si-ptember 18. At a
meeting of the Fort Dodge branch ot the
Irish National Land League, thirteen
members withdrew from the organization
and signified their Intention to remalu
out as iong as Patrick Eagan remains Its
v 'slble ueaJ In America. The feeling is
that by bis unwarranted and uncalled for
political protiu iciitniento, he has plunged
tho League li t American politics, con
trary to the plitform upon which ho was
elected.
An Appjal for the Obliteration of Politi
cal D fferenors.
Nkw Youk, September 18. The muni
cipal council of the Irish National League
met last evening. A.i uddnss was re
ceived from Lincoln, Nev., signed by Pat
trick Egau, President ; Kev. Dr. Charles
O'Hcilly, Treaurtr, aud Uoj;er Walsh,
Secretary. The address, among other
things, contaiiied the following 1 "In
the local brunches, as iu the National
Convention, wo drop our character
as members of the American political
parties when we cro-is the threshold of
the League Hall. During the coming po
litical canvass let no excitement or dif
ference of opinion concerning political
affairs either decrease our enthusiasm or
lniluence our actions in the League
Happily we have lived to behold our peo
ple at homo able to bury creed and pro
vincial distinctions, and now let us show
that we are able to bury polltcal distinc
tions in our 'League work and to tol
uate the widest differences of opinion
on American politics among our mem
bers." Bullivan'a Answer to the Nw York
World.
New York, September 18. Alexander
Sullivan, ex-Piesident of the National
League, writes to the World as follows:
To the Editor of the World:
As you have shown a disposition to be
fair to those who are opposed to you, I
will ask you to correct a misstatement
made in the editorial columns of the
World that I was deposed "from the
Pretideucy of tlie Irish National League
of America, for attempting to
drag American politics luto the
league. Your own columns
boro testimony to my refusal to
speak In relerence to American politics,
while I held that position. They also
show that I was unanimously, by accla
mation, re-elected aud declined to serve.
You quote this morning from a weekly
paper to the effect that in 18t!8, when
supporting Grant, I declared that the
Irish who voted the Democratic ticket
are not as good as negroes; I never
used such language nor did I ever
think or say anything that any honest
mau could torture into meaning
what I am thus falsely accused of hav
ing said. You say I never voted
for a Democrat in my life. I went Into
the Democratic party in 1873 with Hor
ace Greeley, desiring homo rule for the
Southern States, and believing he would
Insist on protecting American industry.'
I voted for Tllden and for Hancock. I
was on the Democratic Campaign Com
mittee for Cook County, Illinois, in 1880,
and would now support and vote for
Thormao, Randall or Butler, if nominated
by the Democrats.
Signed Alexander Sullivan.
New Jersey State Convention of the Na
tional Party.
Newark, N. J., September 18. Dele
gates to the State Convention ot the Na
tional party, and all other organizations
favoring the election of Butler for Presi
dent and West for Vice-President, began
early to assemble In the Academy of Mu
sic. Distinguished among them were ex
Senator Beekman, of Monmouth; Hon.
E. F. McDonald, Win. G. Ryerson, Charles
Latbrop, John Boyd and many others.
At 11 0 a. m. Dr. G. 11. Larison called
the Convention to order and nominated
Washington L. Hope, of Monmouth, tem
porary chairman.
It was voted that tho members of tho
committees on credentials, permanent
organization and rules be appointed on
call ot districts by the chairman of each
delegation. When the three names of com
mitteemen from Hudson County were an
nounced, harmony was threatened by a
protest from James M. McCoubrey agaiust
this method of procedure. The Conven
tion then adjourned for dinner.
Little interest is evinced in the Conven
tion by tho public. The delegates with
their friends do not more than half fill
the body ot the House. Butler will ad
dress tho Convention to-night His
prcscucc will probably awake some en
thusiasm. D.mooratio Bally.
Saybrook, III., Soptembor 18. One
of the largest attended Democratic mass
meetings ever hold In Central Illinois
took place here to-day, tho crowd being
estimated at from 8,000 to 5,000 peo
ple Speeches were made by Governor
Hendricks, Hon. W. H. English, Gov
ernor John M. Palmer, and Col. Ed.
Lynch, of Lincoln. This evening there
will be a grand political street demon
stration ot fire-works aud a torchlight
procession. v
Oan't Go Ban. .
New Orleans, La., September 18.
Judge E. North CuUoin, of Avoyelles has
declined the Groeoback nocntoatVon for
Congress, because it would involve his
supporting Butkr, who mUMsary eareei
lo New Orleans and waatoo arbitrary in-
suits iv Mutes wno on Mtsee proper
to pay ' deference ;to his nMlety 01 the
itrent, the Jadg. tays, art not forgot.
by nlm. v ;Uv, .:;..",' .,
NO. 214.
OCl; U. B. Eaton, S.IG6; Eauatis, 14.61;
W.T. Eaton, 97j scattering, 16; making
Roble's plurality, lt,851, and his majori
ty over all, 15,411. These returns are
from town clerks to the Secretary of
State, excepting seven towns, which are?
from reliable sources.
BASK UAIX BUKVITIKS.
(core of Games ' Played on Wednesday,
September 17.
Boston, Mass. Cincinnati Unions, 6;
Boston Unions, 3.
Buffalo, N. Y. Buffalos, 22j PhlladeN
phlaa, T.
Baltimore, Md. St Louis Unions, 4 j
Pittsburgh Unions, 1.
Cleveland, O. New Yorks, 9: Cleve
lauds, iv
Detroit, Mich. Providences, 9; De
trolts, 5.
Chicago, III Chlcagos, 18 j Bostons, 9.
Columbus, 0. Athletics, St Colum
bus, l.
Cincinnati, 0. Clndunatls, 15; Brook
lyns, 8.
Louis vUle, Ky. Louis vlUes, 4: Alle
ghenys, 1,
Washington, D. C, Ealtlmorea, 6;
Nationals, 2.
St Louis, Mo. Virginias, C; St
Louis, 5.
Indianapolis, Ind. Metropolitans, 12;
Indianapolis, 4.
THE TUB IT.
Sheepahead Bay Baoes.
New York, September 18. There
were the customary six races at Brigh
ton Beach to-day.
First Bace Maiden two-year-ohla, five
eighths mile i Fireman, first; John C,
second; CraftVs, third. Time, 1 :04 1-9.
S cond Race Selling allowances, one
mile: Inconstant first; Ciaxence, second ;
UoUchlmle, third. Time, 1.-45 84.
ThlW Race All ages, one and one
quarter miles: Simon and Blue Peter
dead heat for first places Tornado, third.
Time, 2:15 1-4.
Fourth Race For beaten horses, three
quarters mile: Lady Loud, first; Steuben,
second, Barney Aaron, third. Time,
1:181-4. . '
Fifth Race Tho Wheeler stakes, one
and one-eighth miles: Marsh Redon,
first; Ligan, second; W. R. Woodward,
third. Time. 1:57 1-2.
The sixth race was not run on account -
of darkness.
Army of the Cumberland Reunion.
Rochester, N. Y., September 18.
Promptly at eleven this morning a busi
ness meeting of the Army of the Cumber
land reunion was called to order In the
City Hall, General Sheridan, presiding.
The committee on subscriptions to the
Garfield monument fund reported having
received 825,0J9.15, which with ?30,00O
ippropriated by Congress will probably
be 8ulliclent to build the monument.
Tha committee on nominations re
ported in favor of renominating the pres
ent executive officers. Adopted. One
Vice-Prenident from each State was also
nominated.'"' T
TelegrapMcreetlng was received and
read from Louisville Lea-Ion. which in
now in session In that city. A reply of
thanks was returned.
Grand Rapids, Mich., was selected for
the place of holding the next meeting,
wheu after routine minor matters tho
Convention adjourned sine die.
A Receiver Applied For.
New York, September 18. Applica
tion for the appointment ot a receiver
lor the Bankers' and Merchants' Tele
graph Company was made before Jg.dge
Donohue to-day, at the instance of Aus
tin G, Day, who has an unsatisfied claim
igalnst the company for 826,000. Coun
sel for the company suggested that G. C.
Mott. President of the company, be ap
pointed receiver. No opposition to his
ippolotment was offered, and after all
(he papers were handed iu the Judge an
nounced that he would reserve his decis
ion for the present.
Charleston Chips.
Charleston, Mo., September 18.
Work Is resumed on the now brick
church being built by the Baptist Church
tf this city. Tho regular nominee ot
the Democrats ot this county for Sheriff
has withdrawn from the race, leaving a
clear field to the Independent candidate,
tnnus Fugate. The canning establish
ment of 0. W. Andrews of this city is
running on full time. The Republicans
ot Mississippi Couuty have placed a fall
ticket in the field composed ot Independ
ent candidates. This action seems to
tause some stir among the Bourbon can
didates, and the indications are that the
entire Independent ticket will be elected.
They All Want It.
Dayton, 0., September 18. Repre.
lentatlves from the States of Iowa and
Nebraska, appointed by their (respective)
Legislatures, have arrived here to meet
:he board of managers of the National
Soldiers' Homo, In conference to-day
:onccrnlng tho establishment df a branch
borne tor disabled volunteer soldiers and
sailors west ot the Mississippi River, for
which Congress appropriated 1250,000 at
the last session. '
Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Iowa,
Minnesota, Missouri and Nebraska are
zontendlng for tho home, and will all
sond representatives. The Iowa Legis
lature lifts appropriated 850,000 as an in
ducement to secure a location. The del
egations are composed ot the Governors
of the States and staff, and committee
?t both branches ot the Legislatures.
. Patal Explosion.
Harrisbcko, Pa., September 18. A
terrific explosion occurred in tho Lykens ;
Valley last evening. Three men were'
Injured, and a boy driver, Elmer Kocher,.
fatally scalded. Four boilers eiptodsd
simultaneously, hurling iron and Umbers
hundreds of reds; one of the beads be
ing carried tour hundred yards. Three
men In a room above the boilers were
thrown a long distance, but not mortally
Injured. The accident will compel to
suspension of mining In the coirUry for
several weeks: The colliery is the largest .
In this region. ,
; The ft tUooate tola the Meat. .
PrTTSawaaa. ? 8ptembtf leV Tha
sanation of the striklsg touts la eamp ,
Is set materially chanspd, Tha voaMa
in jolatng the mm fa the morcT
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